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Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here. Thank you for stopping by today. I am sharing a card showcasing the new Peeking Witch Fancy Die. This adorable Fancy Die is perfect for sending Halloween wishes. To begin, I blended Grape Slush and Creamsicle Reactive inks onto a 3.75" x 5" white cardstock panel. I created a stencil with a Circle Nesting Infinity Die and placed a moon...

Hey everyone. It's Dana here with you today. We are speeding into fall very quickly so I decided to pull out my shades of brown and get ready for cooler weather. When making a monochromatic card, it's all about keeping the color tones to one palette. So let's take it up a notch and do no-line watercoloring as well. Here is the video for my...

We are so excited to host two days of cardmaking fun at our eighth Stamp-Along event! During this virtual event, you will have the opportunity to create at least ten beautiful cards from start to finish, learning tips and tricks from some of your favorite cardmakers. Take a look at this lineup, it's amazing! Event details: When: Saturday, November 4, and Sunday, November 5, 2023...

Good morning! Jess here with a fun shaped Halloween card using some of the newest products from Hero Arts! To start I die-cut a piece of Pitch Black cardstock with the Arches Infinity Dies. I placed the new Art Deco Dancing Light Stencil over the panel and spritzed it liberally with Black + Shimmer Tone-on-Tone Metallic Spray. The spray dries very quickly so it's perfect...

Hello and welcome! We are thrilled to share our fabulous new Oh Joy 2023 Holiday Catalog with you today! It's launching in our online store, and at participating retailers. The release is packed full of new stamps, dies, stencils, hot foil plates, rub-ons, sprays, lacquer pens, embossing powders and more! At the bottom of this post you're invited to join our blog hop, where our...

Hello and welcome back to our 2023 Oh Joy Holiday Catalog sneak peeks! We can hardly wait for tomorrow, when we get to share ALL of the goodness with you! Thursday's catalog launch and blog hop will begin right here at 10am PT. We hope you can join us! The participating artists have outdone themselves and will be sprinkling their creative magic all around –...

Hello friends! Today we are excited to kick off our 2023 Oh Joy Holiday Catalog sneak peeks, leading up to the catalog reveal, product launch, and blog hop in just two days. That's right, on Thursday, August 24 all of the season's newest products will be available at Hero Arts retailers and in our online shop. Stay tuned to the blog today and tomorrow to...

Hello there, Michelle here. Today I have a tag and video to share with you where I am turning a cactus into a witch for a fun Halloween treat bag tag! Here is the video showing how I made the tag: (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please watch HERE on YouTube.) I started off by doing my die cutting, I cut the...

Is there any better way to step into the weekend than with a freebie? It's FREEBIE FRIDAY here at Hero Arts! Read on to learn how you can get your freebie today, while supplies last. Once a month, for 24 hours only, we're delighted to offer you a complimentary item with your qualifying order. We decided to double the fun this month. That's right, our...

Hi friends! Emily Midgett here with you today, and I have some inspiration using the absolutely gorgeous new Golden Poppies stamp set and coordinating Color Layering Stencils. My initial inclination was to do some no-line watercoloring (how gorgeous are those flowers?), but the stencils make things so much easier and quicker that I couldn't resist playing with them! I have two cards to share with...

Hi friends! Today we are here with an installment of our monthly series, CommUNITY, where we share artwork from artists who we'd love for you to get to know. CommUNITY is about embracing and honoring the creativity of individuals who are often underrepresented. By sharing art from a diverse group of creators, we hope to not only bring inspiration to this papercrafting community we all...

Welcome crafty friends! It's Mindy with you today to share inspiration using the new Bear Hugs Stamp & Cut. I set my bears in an outdoor scene to really give you the woodsy feel sitting right from the comfort of your home! Since the stamp image gives the outline of the mama bear and her cub, there are many ways to color in the image....

Hello stampers! It's time to announce the winner from our August Monthly Hero Release Day Blog Hop. Big thanks to everyone who participated, checked out the cards on the designers’ blogs, and shared kind comments! If you haven't had a chance to grab your kit yet, we do still have a limited quantity available – choose the Premium version or Classic version, while supplies last....

Hi everyone, Ilina here! Today I am sharing a card and video showing how to add dimension using stencils with clean lines. Graphic stencils work great for this technique. For today's card I used the new Graphic Mountains Stencil along with a sentiment from the Where to Next? stamp set. Watch the video below, or click HERE to watch it on YouTube. To make the...

Our next LIVE Make-Along event is this weekend! Join Channin from our Creative Team to make along with the July 2023 My Monthly Hero kit. Gather your supplies and create a card with Channin from start to finish.👉🏼 When: Sunday, August 13 at noon PT/3pm ET👉🏼 Where: Hero Arts Facebook and YouTubeIn addition to the July My Monthly Hero Premium Kit, the following supplies will...

Welcome to a new Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero Challenge! For August, we have everyone's favourite challenge theme – Anything Goes! We want to see CAS or complicated, monochromatic or colorful, multimedia or one-layer, slimline, shaped or square, and every technique under the sun! Let your creativity go wild! Here's some inspiration from our design team. Michelle Lupton You can find Michelle on...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here, and today I'm sharing a fun card featuring just one of four National Park-inspired images from the new Where To Next? stamp set. I started off by using Copic-friendly Intense Black ink to stamp the mountain image onto Dove White cardstock. I colored the image with Copic markers and then fussy cut the image out and set it aside. Next,...

Hello and welcome to our Awesome Add-ons feature for the month of August! We have 11 nature-inspired products to spark your creativity this month. Stamps, dies, stencils...lots of fun options to help you bring a touch of the great outdoors to your projects! You can check out the offerings HERE in our shop and take a peek below. Shop for the August MMH add-ons here...

Hello friends!! It’s Channin here and in today’s video I’m creating a dreamy nighttime forest scene featuring the Park Scene Fancy Dies from the August My Monthly Hero Classic and Premium Kits. Watch below or on the Hero Arts YouTube channel. To create this card I first die cut a scrap of Pitch Black cardstock with trees die from the Park Scene Fancy Dies Set...

Our August Release was inspired by a recent trip our owners took to Yosemite National Park! With dies to cut out trees, mountains, plateaus and fields of wildflowers, the amount of scenes that can be created is endless. The Classic Kit also features a 4" x 6" stamp set full of messages, useful for a variety of card-giving occasions, or as inspirational embellishments on your...

It's almost time to launch the August My Monthly Hero Premium and Classic kits – release is coming up today at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific! We hope you’ve enjoyed all of the ideas our team has shared for using the kits. As promised, we have one kit to give away to a lucky blog reader, selected from comments left on the Countdown to Creativity posts. We’ve...

Welcome to our third and final day of countdown peeks before Monday's My Monthly Hero launch! Let's take a look at four spectacular cards from our Creative Team. For more details, you can follow the blog links provided below each photo, and don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a kit too! If you've been following along, you may notice the...

Happy Saturday, friends! It's day two of the countdown to Monday's My Monthly Hero release and we are venturing back into the great outdoors. Join us! Mountains, trees, poppies...what's not to love? Project #5 created by Mindy Eggen (Premium)Click HERE to visit her blog for more details. Project #6 created by Jayne Nelson (Classic Kit) Project #7 created by Jessica Frost-Ballas (Premium Kit)Click HERE to...

Hello and welcome! Today begins the countdown to the release of our August My Monthly Hero Kits. Who's ready to enjoy an outdoor adventure? Stay with us throughout the weekend as our Creative Team shows off projects made with this month’s Classic and Premium Kits. And remember to comment on each and every post – we’ll be giving away a kit on Monday morning, before...

I have a fun surprise for you today. I used just a single medium on this card - Hero Arts Liquid Watercolor. No ink, nothing else. That shows you how very versatile this medium is. And even more surprising - I used 99% Neon Brights! I did add in black, but it's amazing what you can do with neons. I started by cutting a circle...

When I make cards, I often start with a beautiful background stamp as my inspiration. For today’s card, I’m using the delightful Park Background Bold Prints stamp to create a simple, summery card. This stamp is chock full of park sights and activities--hot air balloons, food carts, park benches, leafy trees, bright sunshine, puffy clouds, picnics, kites, bikes, and swings. It’s an ideal background for...

Hello friends! We have some exciting news to share with you today. We've created a Mixed Media with Hero Arts group on Facebook. This group is all about incorporating Hero Arts products into your mixed media creations. We had such a great time at the Mixed Media Stamp-Along, we wanted to keep the creativity going! In this group we encourage you to participate - post...

Good morning! Jess here with a video tutorial showing you how you can create a mixed media design in a clean and simple style! (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please click HERE to watch on YouTube.) I'm creating a page for my art journal today so I start by trimming a panel of Dove White cardstock down to 4.5" x 6.5" but...

Good morning friends! Today we're sharing some crafty inspiration from our spectacular Global Team! To kick us off we have this cheery floral card from Anna. She did some ombre blending using the Color Layering Summer Blooms Stencil and some creative die-cutting with the Scalloped Rectangle Infinity Dies. Anna finished her lovely card with a sentiment die-cut from the Luggage Lowercase Alphabet Fancy Dies! Arjita's...

Hello there, Michelle here today, sharing a card using the Color Layering Wild Columbine Stencils. Here at Hero Arts, we have a number of stencils that were designed to coordinate with stamp sets, but did you know that you can use a lot of them on their own too? This gives a beautiful soft look! I started off my card by taking a 3.75" x...

Hola everyone! Pocono Pam here. Thanks for stopping by! Today, I am sharing a card I created with two fun products released in the Summer Catalog: Textured Compliments and Zigzag Texture Bold Prints. I love how these sets work so well together. To create my card, I adhered a 4" x 5.25" Bermuda cardstock panel to a white A2 card base. I then stamped the...

Hi everyone! Ilina here! Today I am sharing a shaker card that is easy to make. I used the Square Set Fancy Dies along with Square Infinity Dies to make the shaker piece. I also used the Hello Fishes Bundle for the fish and sentiment. To make the card start by die cutting the larger square from the Square Set Fancy Dies from Deluxe Smooth...

Hey everyone! It's Mindy with you today to share a fun technique that you can do with you hot foil plates. Have you ever tried foiling on acetate? Well, we are about to! (If you are having trouble viewing this video, please click HERE to watch on YouTube.) I have a key point I want to make before we begin and that is make sure...

I have ALWAYS loved dots of any kind, so the Large Sprinkled Dots Stencil really got me excited. It is super easy to create a great background in a matter of minutes with ink pads and ink blending brushes. Obviously the easiest way is to pick one color and swirl the brush to cover all areas. If you want a multicolor card, you must be...

Oh, that Friday feeling! What do you say we get the weekend good vibes started early with FREEBIE FRIDAY? Read on to learn how you can get your freebie today, while supplies last. Once a month, we're delighted to offer you a complimentary item with your qualifying order. You heard that right – 24 hours only, one awesome product, added to your box at no...

Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I'm sharing a quick and easy card featuring a beautiful rainbow of wildflowers made with the new Wildflowers & Bugs Hero Transfers. Transfers are a fun, no-mess way to add gorgeous images to your projects! I began by using an oval die from the Nesting Oval Infinity Dies set to die cut a piece of Dove White cardstock....